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Honor

A recent selection of Reese Witherspoon’s book club, libraries should expect demand for this thought-provoking drama.

Honor

Highly recommended.
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The Secrets Between Us

Picking up The Space Between Us first may enlighten readers about Bhima's backstory, but this title easily stands on its own. It chronicles the triumph of women's friendships and fortitude in the face of considerable obstacles—poverty, homophobia, illiteracy, gender discrimination, ageism, and sexual assault. It further displays Umrigar's insights into the deep resilience of the human heart.
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Everybody's Son

While the depiction of Anton's political rise during the last half of the book feels somewhat generic, his personal journey is a moving one that many fiction readers can appreciate. [See Prepub Alert, 12/12/16.]
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The Story Hour

This satisfying, psychologically complex story will appeal to a wide range of readers. Because its characters are both smart and likable without being sentimental or idealized, it may appeal to the chick lit crowd as much as to readers who enjoy multicultural literary fiction. [See Prepub Alert, 5/18/14; Editors' Picks, "Books for the Masses," p. 29.]
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The World We Found

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The World We Found

Four women, all friends during their heady 1970s university days, have drifted apart but reunite because one of them is ill...
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